On the way to work, listening to the radio, this Grandma was hearing about new babies of celebrities, all gender neutral names, and many sounding like fruits, vegetables or flowers too. The commentators were talking about Apple, North, Olive, etc.
This Grandma just finished reviewing the top names of 2014, and the news media is on to predictions for 2015! There is so much real news going on with the Supreme Court rulings and the world affairs, but Time Magazine knows we Americans are more interested in trivia. . . and celebrities. This Grandma believes that our royalty are celebrities, the stars of the large and small screen, and we want to do what they do. So, this Grandma agrees with the author, Samantha Grossman, who wrote June 23, 2015, “2015 Will Be the Year of the Gender-Neutral Baby Name.”
Unisex names are in! She writes:
“Well, 2015 is only half-over, but it’s apparently shaping up to be the year of unisex baby names.”
“BabyCenter.com noticed this emerging trend in its midyear report. Though gendered names like Noah and Emma remain super common, gender-neutral names like Amari, Karter, Phoenix, Quinn and Reese are rising in popularity too.”
“As usual, baby names are reflecting a larger cultural shift,” says BabyCenter’s Gllobal Editor in Chief Linda Murray. “Millennials are an open-minded and accepting group, and they don’t want their children to feel pressured to conform to stereotypes that might be restrictive.”
“Celebrities are, of course, contributing to the gender-neutral trend by giving girls traditionally male monikers like Lincoln (Kristen Bell/Dax Shepard), James (Blake Lively/Ryan Reynolds) and Mason (Sara Gilbert/Linda Perry).”
So now, school teachers are going to be lost when trying to figure out if Mason is a boy or girl. With the new trend of allowing younger and younger children to identify with a gender not one they were born with, is this new trend of unisex names a consideration?
Hmmm.
Joy,
Mema
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